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119 Mr. Culver reviewed the PiE presentation program with the Commission and shared <br />120 a very preliminary schedule. <br />121 <br />122 Vice Chair Huiett asked for clarification even if a person is not on the team she <br />123 would imagine that there would be some kind of public engagement and <br />124 commentary as well as participation and not just the team participation. <br />125 <br />126 Mr. Culver indicated that was correct. He noted there will be touch points for the <br />127 Commission and City Council regarding the development of the first draft plan. <br />128 <br />129 Member Misra applauded the discussion about making sure this is a diverse group <br />130 on the team and wondered if staff has thought through on how to accomplish that. <br />131 She thought in Xcel's presentation to the Commission there was the presentation <br />132 from St. Louis Park which talked about having a pretty robust youth involvement <br />133 and she thought that was a real asset for a project like this. If there are ways to <br />134 actively work on engaging high school or college young adults, that would be <br />135 fantastic. <br />136 <br />137 Chair Wozniak indicated the Climate Action Plan that the St. Louis Park ultimately <br />138 approved began with a group at the high school. <br />139 <br />140 Mr. Culver explained that was a very good point and staff will make sure there is <br />141 at least one identified youth member on that energy action team. <br />142 <br />143 Member Joyce thought maybe colleges and youth and people studying that for a <br />144 field might be good choices for the action team. He wondered if there was someone <br />145 from the Commission that could be a part of that team. <br />146 11 <br />147 Mr. Culver indicated staff would like to have one liaison from the Commission on <br />148 the Energy Action Team. He asked if there would be any potential volunteers. <br />149 <br />150 Member Misra indicated she would be interested in being the Commission liaison. <br />151 <br />152 Chair Wozniak thought there might be room for other members to somehow be <br />153 more involved than at the Commission level and moving forward this could be <br />154 figured out. He thought members of the business community might also be <br />155 interested along with students and maybe some other interested groups as well as <br />156 church groups that have had solar installations, for example. <br />157 <br />158 Member Spencer explained some of the things the City has tried to do have not <br />159 reached some of the different groups. He thought to find a more diverse group the <br />160 City should lean on the Chamber, Churches, and civic leaders because those people <br />161 will know better and could identify someone that might be interested and wanting <br />162 to be more engaged in the community. <br />163 <br />